Constitutional Law,
Civil Procedure
Apr. 4, 2025
Post-Dobbs litigation to test federal Extradition Act enforcement powers
As the interstate abortion legal battle intensifies, a legal expert examines potential scenarios Louisiana might pursue after New York's refusal to extradite a doctor - raising questions about federal power, state sovereignty, and the constitutional limits of enforcing abortion laws across state lines.
Caleb Mason
Partner
Werksman Jackson & Quinn, LLP
"Leave it
up to the states on abortion" won't work. If this wasn't clear at the time of
the Dobbs decision, it's clear now, since Louisiana just indicted a
doctor in New York for providing a pregnancy termination prescription to a
Louisiana resident. Louisiana has formally requested that New York arrest and
extradite the doctor, and New York has refused. This is a real constitutional
crisis.
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